OT - Must Have Cell Phone Apps - 3Q 2011 edition
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Some of mine.
ESPN ScoreCenter
MSU Cowbell
iHeartRadio
ShopShop
Netflix
IMDb
Flixster
XFINITY TV
MSTATE Free
Sky View Free
HP home&biz (if you have an HP printer you can print from your phone no matter where you are)
BrewGene (a must for beer lovers)
I have a lot of apps about nothing. Even more game apps downloaded.
ESPN ScoreCenter
MSU Cowbell
iHeartRadio
ShopShop
Netflix
IMDb
Flixster
XFINITY TV
MSTATE Free
Sky View Free
HP home&biz (if you have an HP printer you can print from your phone no matter where you are)
BrewGene (a must for beer lovers)
I have a lot of apps about nothing. Even more game apps downloaded.
Runkeeper is cool for tracking your runs if you do that. Haven't used it for cycling yet, but it can be used for that and other activities.
Gas Buddy
TuneIn
Twitter, Facebook, TweetDeck
Spirit Level Plus for setting up my gameday satellite dish
PdaNet
The Nook app for when I forget my Nook
Netflix
Pandora
Gas Buddy
TuneIn
Twitter, Facebook, TweetDeck
Spirit Level Plus for setting up my gameday satellite dish
PdaNet
The Nook app for when I forget my Nook
Netflix
Pandora
Skype
Words With Friends
Yahoo Premier League
Local Weather Coverage (in my case, WLBT & WDAM)
Kroger (digital coupons)
Words With Friends
Yahoo Premier League
Local Weather Coverage (in my case, WLBT & WDAM)
Kroger (digital coupons)
I have them in folders so...by folder:
HEALTH:
Run Keeper
My Fitness Pal
GAMES:
Words with Friends
Tiny Wings
Qrank
Angry Birds
Boggle
Tetris
MUSIC:
Radio Paradise
Pandora
Jambase
WWOZ
Shazam
Tunein Radio
REFERENCE:
Wikipedia
Google
Dictionary
Brewgene
SPORTS:
ESPN Scorecenter
MSU Cowbell
MSTATE Athletics app
Bulldog Sports Radio
ESPN Bowlbound
SEC Football
There's more but they are covered.
HEALTH:
Run Keeper
My Fitness Pal
GAMES:
Words with Friends
Tiny Wings
Qrank
Angry Birds
Boggle
Tetris
MUSIC:
Radio Paradise
Pandora
Jambase
WWOZ
Shazam
Tunein Radio
REFERENCE:
Wikipedia
Dictionary
Brewgene
SPORTS:
ESPN Scorecenter
MSU Cowbell
MSTATE Athletics app
Bulldog Sports Radio
ESPN Bowlbound
SEC Football
There's more but they are covered.
Flashlight (after just upgrading to the 4S from the 3GS, having the LED flashlight is one of my favorite perks).<div>Twitter</div><div>Facebook</div><div>Sportacular</div><div>ESPN Radio</div><div>CBS Sports</div><div>Rotowire Fantasy News Center</div><div>USTA Mobile (for Tennis folks)</div><div>RaquetTune - tells you your raquet string tension</div><div>Wootwatch - good for checking the daily deals</div><div>Groupon</div><div>Urbanspoon</div><div>Flixster</div><div>TripAdvisor</div><div>RedLaser</div><div>Instagram - good photo app</div><div>U-Verse</div><div>Kayak/Southwest/Delta</div><div>Pandora/Shazam/TuneIn/Spotify</div><div>All my credit card/bank apps</div><div>Uncrate - great app and site</div><div>HBO Go</div><div>IMDb</div><div>Dropbox</div>
Yelp - Reviews and locations for restaurants, bars, and pretty much everything else. I prefer it over Urbanspoon.<div>Epicurious - recipes, ect. incredibly useful in the grocery store.</div><div>HeyTell - pretty much a walkie-talkie on your phone.</div><div>
</div><div>Photo:</div><div>Photoshop Express</div><div>Pocketbooth</div><div>Instagram</div>
</div><div>Photo:</div><div>Photoshop Express</div><div>Pocketbooth</div><div>Instagram</div>
Thought I'd drop my 2 cents in to list a few apps that I know of that are written by MSU alums. There are probably a lot more...but these are the ones that I know of.<div>
</div><div>star3map - Star and planet mapper</div><div>space-junk - free version of star3map</div><div>Blues Trail - The MS Blues Trail on your phone (Country Trail coming soon)</div><div>Readar - Find bookstores and libraries near you.</div><div>LibAnywhere - browse your local library catalog (if the library is a member of LibAnywhere...hundreds of libraries but none in MS right now, I'm working to fix that)</div><div>Wolfenstein 3D - MSU grad did a lot of the leg work getting it onto the iPhone.</div>
</div><div>star3map - Star and planet mapper</div><div>space-junk - free version of star3map</div><div>Blues Trail - The MS Blues Trail on your phone (Country Trail coming soon)</div><div>Readar - Find bookstores and libraries near you.</div><div>LibAnywhere - browse your local library catalog (if the library is a member of LibAnywhere...hundreds of libraries but none in MS right now, I'm working to fix that)</div><div>Wolfenstein 3D - MSU grad did a lot of the leg work getting it onto the iPhone.</div>
Great app for file sharing, doc access. Right now Box is offering 50gigs storage for free. No files larger than 25mb though. With both apps you can invite people to your box and they download or upload files to/from it.
OT thread hijack: I browse SPS from my phone at work because I'm a slacker. However sometimes the ad banners on the side overlap the posts and I miss half of what people say. Tried messing with settings but that's not getting me any results. Any suggestions?
OT thread hijack: I browse SPS from my phone at work because I'm a slacker. However sometimes the ad banners on the side overlap the posts and I miss half of what people say. Tried messing with settings but that's not getting me any results. Any suggestions?
Cozi - multi-user family calendar--great if you have several iPhones in your family and want a shared calendar<div>TwitBird - for twitter</div><div>Yelp - great for finding businesses wherever you are</div><div>Shazam - auto identifies a song playing in your car or bar just by sampling a few seconds of the sound</div><div>Genius Scan - great little scan to PDF for multiple pages using your phone camera--great for signing/sending contracts on the road</div><div>Snapseed - picture editor</div><div>iTalk - good digital recording application for recording phone calls/conversations</div><div>Atomic Fart - what is the iPhone without a fart application?</div>
My apologiesif previously mentioned
Amazon Appstore (new paid app for free each day)
DirecTV remote
Juice defender (saves battery life)
Scoutlook & time2hunt(for hunters)
Mybackup (backs up phone info, #'s, etc)
Scanner radio (police radio...listen for roadblocks etc)
Amazon Appstore (new paid app for free each day)
DirecTV remote
Juice defender (saves battery life)
Scoutlook & time2hunt(for hunters)
Mybackup (backs up phone info, #'s, etc)
Scanner radio (police radio...listen for roadblocks etc)
SportCaster for both Iphone and Android
This one mixes Twitter with live updates of the games to give you a play-by-play from multiple sources from both teams.
http://sportcasterapp.com/
This one mixes Twitter with live updates of the games to give you a play-by-play from multiple sources from both teams.
http://sportcasterapp.com/
BTW, it pains me to recommend a Microsoft product.<div>
</div><div>But I must say I've played with Bing maps (using a PC) and it knocks Google maps socks off. It is way more intelligent in picking the best route. The user interface is also a lot more responsive.</div><div>
</div><div>Haven't looked to see if they have a mobile app that is any good.</div><div>
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</div><div>But I must say I've played with Bing maps (using a PC) and it knocks Google maps socks off. It is way more intelligent in picking the best route. The user interface is also a lot more responsive.</div><div>
</div><div>Haven't looked to see if they have a mobile app that is any good.</div><div>
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You have to get espn radio, Dan Patrick, pandora, and bulldog sports radio (all free except espn). With those apps, I just stream it though my phone and will never need satellite radio
Scanner radio (police radio...listen for roadblocks etc)
That would be 5-0 radio?
Don't have it, but I heard it, pretty slick if it covers your area.
That would be 5-0 radio?
Don't have it, but I heard it, pretty slick if it covers your area.
Some I haven't seen mentioned:
Find iPhone - absolute must for iPhone owners, locate iPhone on map, remotely lock iPhone, remotely wipe iPhone, make iPhone play siren even if its on silent
Tweetbot - my favorite twitter client
Deliveries - easy way to track any packages you have through UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL etc..
Spotify - $10/mo, but can listen to any song you want on demand, and share playlists with your friends
RedBox - reserve movies right from your phone to go by and pick up
Evernote - note-taking app that can be synced across pretty much any device you may have. supports attachments
TripIt - easy way to keep up with your trip itinerary just by forwarding your hotel/flight/car confirmation emails
mSecure - keep up with all of your online passwords and such
Sleep Cycle - app that wakes you up when you are in a light sleep as opposed to deep REM sleep (detects your movements throughout the night)
Songkick - will notify you when artists in your iTunes library are playing concerts near you
Soundtracking - post clips of the songs you listen to on twitter/facebook/email
Crackle - free movies and tv shows
If you're lucky enough to have Verizon Wireless:
NFL Mobile - watch NFL Redzone live all day on Sunday, plus live Sunday and Monday night footlball, also scores, stats, and highlights
VZ Contact transfer - keep your contacts backed up
My Verizon Mobile - everything you need to stay on top of your online account
Find iPhone - absolute must for iPhone owners, locate iPhone on map, remotely lock iPhone, remotely wipe iPhone, make iPhone play siren even if its on silent
Tweetbot - my favorite twitter client
Deliveries - easy way to track any packages you have through UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL etc..
Spotify - $10/mo, but can listen to any song you want on demand, and share playlists with your friends
RedBox - reserve movies right from your phone to go by and pick up
Evernote - note-taking app that can be synced across pretty much any device you may have. supports attachments
TripIt - easy way to keep up with your trip itinerary just by forwarding your hotel/flight/car confirmation emails
mSecure - keep up with all of your online passwords and such
Sleep Cycle - app that wakes you up when you are in a light sleep as opposed to deep REM sleep (detects your movements throughout the night)
Songkick - will notify you when artists in your iTunes library are playing concerts near you
Soundtracking - post clips of the songs you listen to on twitter/facebook/email
Crackle - free movies and tv shows
If you're lucky enough to have Verizon Wireless:
NFL Mobile - watch NFL Redzone live all day on Sunday, plus live Sunday and Monday night footlball, also scores, stats, and highlights
VZ Contact transfer - keep your contacts backed up
My Verizon Mobile - everything you need to stay on top of your online account
Get the offical Adam Carolla app -- just came out today.
Excellent!
AroundMe is a good one for knowing businesses nearby -- similar to Yelp.
SoundHound is pretty cool for deciphering songs that are playing at a bar, on radio, etc.
Excellent!
AroundMe is a good one for knowing businesses nearby -- similar to Yelp.
SoundHound is pretty cool for deciphering songs that are playing at a bar, on radio, etc.
I've used HBO GO (and even Max GO) and read about Nomad.
Does it work?
More importantly, the website says there is a $149 one-time cost... what is this for? The right to use it? If so, that's insane.
Does it work?
More importantly, the website says there is a $149 one-time cost... what is this for? The right to use it? If so, that's insane.
greystreet81 said:
That made me think of this app. The Jawbone UP. I'm considering buying it.
http://www.jawbone.com/up
TweetBot and Tweetlogix for Twitter. Yeah, they cost a few bucks but are much better than the free ones.<div>Redbox - I can search out a movie and tell what Kiosk it is in. And go ahead and reserve it. All I have to do is swipe my debit card to pick it up.</div><div>Kayak - For hotels and flights and such.</div><div>ScoreCenter - for scores/stats</div><div>Reeder - Great for RSS feeds from blogs and other sites.</div><div>Wikipanion - I like it better than Wikipedia's site.</div><div>RunMeter - Like RunKeeper, but a little different. Great to go on a run, hike, bike, etc and keep up w/ tons of stats.</div><div>Instagram - Perfect social media app for your iphone</div><div>SoundHound - Can pick out most songs on the radio or wherever else.</div><div>Evernote - Syncs w/ your desktop or web-based app to store tons of documents, notes, to do's, etc</div><div>IMDB - I always use it when watching something w/ my wife and asking, "What else was s/he in?"</div><div>Yahoo Fantasy Football - for you know what</div><div>AirVideo - can stream any video from my computer's harddrive to my phone</div><div>DipTic - A way to arrange photos</div>